Call Me (Too Short and Lil' Kim song) explained

Call Me
Cover:	Too Short & Lil' Kim - Call Me.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Too Short and Lil' Kim
Album:	Booty Call: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Released:	1997
Genre:	Dirty rap
Length:	5:00
Label:	Jive
Producer:	Shorty B Too Short
Chronology:	Too Short
Prev Title:	Rapper's Ball
Prev Year:	1996
Next Title:	Game Over
Next Year:	1997

"Call Me" is a song by American rappers Too Short and Lil' Kim. It is the lead single from the soundtrack of the 1997 film Booty Call. The song was produced by Shorty B and Too Short.

Background

When Jive Records requested that Too Short work with Lil' Kim on "Call Me", the latter's then on-and-off boyfriend and fellow rapper The Notorious B.I.G. first met with Too Short to find out what they were planning. After Short explained he was only interested in recording the song with Kim, B.I.G. approved the collaboration.

On MTV's "RapFix Live" series, Too Short revealed the first version of "Call Me" did not meet others' expectations for a sexually explicit song. He and Lil' Kim later re-recorded the song; Short said, "We tried to, like, have sex on the song. It wasn't physical sex, but we tried to make musical sex. I think we achieved it."^[1]

Notes and References

Web site: Markman . Rob . Too $hort, Lil' Kim Tried To Make 'Musical Sex' On 'Call Me' . https://web.archive.org/web/20221206032917/https://www.mtv.com/news/pzx965/too-short-lil-kim-call-me . dead . December 6, 2022 . . 11 September 2023 . January 26, 2012.